TWO JERRY BROWNS IN ONE:

“Brown wants voters to OK a huge tax hike on Election Day. If they balk — as they have at the last two tax-increase propositions — he says he’ll have to slash $6 billion from the public schools and state universities, and shorten the school year by three weeks.”

— The New York Post: “Jerry Brown’s tax-hike Hail Mary.”

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday signed legislation extending the state’s $100 million tax-credit fund for two more years.

The measure allows California producers a 20 percent or 25 percent credit against income and sales and use taxes and is designed to help stem the production exodus that has plagued the state in recent years.

— The Wrap, “Gov. Brown Signs California TV, Film Tax Credit Extension.”

In 1995, Brown blurted out, “The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs.”

If you define welfare to mean both corporate and individual, and add in California’s double-digit unemployment rate, he’s certainly living up to both halves of his motto.